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Paranoiac released on home video
MEDIA RELEASE COURTESY: EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT
A forgotten gem from the legendary Hammer Studios, has been made available for the first time on home video in the UK. This sinister classic spins a gruesome web of unhappy families. It is three weeks before the Ashby siblings Simon (Oliver Reed), a brutish alcoholic, and Eleanor (Janette Scott), a nervous wreck, are to come into their late parents' inheritance. While Simon plans to have his sister certified insane and locked away, Eleanor keeps seeing the lurking figure of their long-dead brother Tony around the estate. Who or what is this apparition, and does he threaten to reveal skeletons in the closet (and elsewhere)?
A massively entertaining horror treat in the best English Gothic tradition, Paranoiac features a superbly oily lead performance from a young Oliver Reed, stunning black & white Cinemascope photography, an ingenious script by Jimmy Sangster, and gripping direction by the great Freddie Francis.
Special features include optional music & effects track, long-unseen original trailer and Blu-ray-only exclusive of a high-definition stills gallery of rare materials
Featuring legendary actor Oliver Reed (Gladiator, The Devils, Women in Love), Paranoiac is classic British gothic horror, of the same era as The Innocents, Repulsion, The Haunting, Dracula, These Are The Damned. The Breathtaking restored Cinemascope high-definition transfer is released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26 July 2010.
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